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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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As Sorel, Jacobina Martin stands out. Sorel realizes that her family has plunged headlong into the abyss of eccentricity and wants to do something to improve the situation. Martin manages to portray both sides of her character well, shifting easily between the personalities of a pouting child and a semi...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Ignorance Is Bliss | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

"To go back in with a sprained ankle and a broken nose and dominate the way he did, that certainly indicates Robert's character," Getman says.

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: He Just Wants to Play Soccer | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

Deprived of realistic road maps as to how either candidate would behave in the White House, voters were almost forced to depend on factors of character and personality to predict presidential performance. As they have through much of the campaign, both Bush and Dukakis peppered the debate with carefully chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

After winning independence from Britain, the fledgling United States established a democracy that reflected the character of the colonizers. Simon Bolivar and other Latin American revolutionaries tried to emulate the American Constitution, but their carefully crafted documents were quickly subverted by strongmen. When Augustin de Iturbide, Mexico's George Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey Along the U.S.-Mexico Border | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

MINNESOTA. Democrat Hubert Humphrey III cried out to voters to stop comparing him with his beloved late father and start weighing him against his opponent, Senator Dave Durenberger. They have, and it may be helping. "Skip" Humphrey, the state's attorney general, has been slinging dirt at Durenberger on character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Senate Battlegrounds | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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